Buy 'em; hoard 'em; use 'em wisely: The All-Knowing Federales have decreed the death of the incandescent lightbulb.

Remember the post where I discussed my brilliant idea to replace the incandescent bulbs in my refrigerator with fluorescent bulbs, to reduce the heat signature? Remember the unintended consequence of that idea?



I predict a future for us, much like the first act of Joe versus the Volcano:

Cue Dan Hedaya: "I know he can get the job; but can he do the job? I'm not arguing that with you!..."

Get used to that buzzing, fizzing, and above all greenish lighting hue, the one that takes a full minute or two to "warm up" to its full intensity.

Once again, Congress seeks to prove that individualism is dying, and that "the greater good," no matter how ill-defined, is becoming the New Order. Somehow, I'll bet if you dig deeply enough there's a rider in that cock-up of a bill that provides an incandescent light-bulb exception for Members of Congress.

Someone, after all, has to be "more equal" than the rest of us.

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P.S. : If you are a like-minded individual, and have not yet seen Joe Versus the Volcano, you should go out right now and find it, and pop some popcorn. Thank me later.